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C. E. HARRIS.

DISPLAY BOX.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 6.1918- RENEWED AUG.9| 1919-.

1 ,324:,669. Patented Dec. 9, 1919.

:1 WITNESSES y INVENTOR MQ Z M, ii af/fizr' l's 3i 25 BY U 55 ATTOR/VEYS CHARLES E. HARRIS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

DISPLAY-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 9, 1919.

Application filed July 8, 1918, Serial No. 243,636. Renewed August 9,1919. Serial No. 316,487.

To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. HARRIS,

a citizen of the United States, and a resi- I is a full, clear, andexact description.

My invention relates to display boxes, and has reference moreparticularly to an independent support adapted to form part of the boxand by means of which the merchandise in the box may be presented in aconvenient form for display.

An object of the invention is to provide a sim 1e and inexpensivedisplay box which can e manufactured cheaply and in which the supportfor displaying the box andits contents is provided with means forlocking the box to the support when the box is either displayed ortransported,

With the above and other objects in view,

the nature of which will more fully appear as the description proceeds,the invention consists in the novel construction, combination andarrangement of parts as herein fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of the application, similarcharacters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all th views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the box support. certain parts ofwhich are broken out to illustrate the details of construction;

Fig. 2 is a vertical cross section through the support and the boxcarried by the suport' p Fig. 3 is a plan view of the blank from whichthe support is formed;

Fig. 4 is a blank from which the box is formed to be carried by thesupport; and

Fig. 5 is a sliding housing for the sup port and the box in transit orstorage.

I am well aware that there are a large number of display boxes, but inmost of them the means for presenting the box in proper position fordisplaying the merchandise therein have to be folded when the box is instorage or transit. Special instructions are necessary for unfolding theparts which are to form the support, and slits and tongues are generallyprovided on the folda-ble parts which must be interlocked in a specialway before the box can be propped to present the merchandise. Thefolding parts to be interlocked generally form an intricate arrangementwhich requires considerable skill and time to properly interengage theparts of the box. Furthermore, it requires the manipulation of the boxcontaining the merchandise and 1n consequence care must be taken not tos 111 the merchandise and thereby injure it.

ften the merchandise is taken out, the box propped, and the merchandisereplaced. TlllS inconvenience was always a great drawback to this classof boxes, and the purpose of my invention is to obviate thislnconvenience by shipping the contents in a box propped but'closed andhousedduring transportation or storage and which can be immediatelydisplayed by simply removing the housing and raising the cover, therebydis laying the contents Without any manipulatlon whatever of th proppingmeans or contents of the box.

Referring to the drawings, 7 is the blank of the support in which apanel 8 of rectangular form is bordered by a front panel 9, rear panel10 and sidepanels 11, each of the panels being folda-ble on scored lines12 bordering the panel 8. The front and rear panels are rectangular inshape, while the side panels are trapezoidal, the larger bases of thetrapezoidals being nearer the rear panel 10. Trapezoidal panels 13extend'latbases of said panels 13 being remote from the front panel 9.The panels 13 are foldable on scored lines 14 bordering the front panel9 and form the smaller bases of the trapezoidal panels 13. The straightsides of the panels 13 aline with the. scored line 12 on which thebottom panel 8 and front panel 9 fold.

From one of the larger bases of the panel 13 a rectangular panel 15extends to fold on the scored line 16 forming the base of the panel 13.The front panel 9. the trapezoidal panels 13 and the panel 15 form arectangular frame (see Fig. 1) when said panels are folded on theirscored lines. To retain th folded panels 9. 13 and 15 in the frame form,a flap 17 is provided at the free' end of the panel 15 whichmay befolded on a scored line 18 and secured to the free end the upper edgesof the frame formed by the panels 9, 13 and 15. It will be noted that inthe frame the side panels 13 have their sloping sides 19 as the topedges of the frame, while in the side panels 11 of the bottom, thesloping sides 20 form the supporting edges of the bottom; and since theslopes of these sides 19 and 20 are substantially alike, the bottom,when folded into the frame with the edge 20 of the side panels 11 flushwith the straight edges of the panels 18, will be disposed in a planesubstantially parallel to the plane of the upper edges of the frame.

The so-formed support can, therefore, receive any suitable box having acover. Preferably a box formed of a blank 21, as shown in Fig. 4;, isused. In this construction the side panels 22, front panels 23, and therear panel 24 are not provided with the interlocking means, for they)will be maintained one against the other y the frame of the support. Thecover 25, which is foldable on a scored line 26 separating the coverfrom the rear panel 24, may be folded in or out as the case may be. Whenthe merchandise in the box is displayed, the cover 25 is bent to theposition shown in Fig. 2.

To render the box neater 1n appearance, the front panel 9 of the supportis provlded with a blank 27 folded on a scored line 28 separating theblank 27 from the panel 9 so that the blank 27 can be folded into thebox, where it is retained by the merchandise placed in the box. Ofcourse, the provision of the panel 27 is arbitrary. The support with abox may be retained ina housing 29 which form a cover therefor. In thisway the box with the merchandise on the support can be easilytransported; and when the housing 29 is removed, the cover 25 may beraised, as shown in Fig. 2, and the merchanidise is ready for display,no special manipulation being necessary to prop the box to properlypresent the merchandise.

In providing an independent support for the box a cheaper stock of papercan be used and a considerable less Waste result in the manufacture ofthe independent box and support for display purposes as outlined in theabove speclfication.

I claim:

1. A display box of the class describedcomprising a box supportpresenting a frame having rectangular trapezoidal side panels, thesloping sides of said panels forming the upper edges in said frame,front and rear rectangular panels spacing said side panels, a bottompositioned in said frame,

masses extending from the front anel to fold into sloping sides of whichpanels form the upper edges in said frame, front and rear rectangularpanels spacing said side panels, and a bottom posltioned in said frameextending from the front panel toward the rear panel, said bottom havingrectangular trapezoidal side panels, the sloping edges of which panelsare adapted to form the supporting edges for said bottom when the bottomis positioned in the frame and whereby said bottom is adapted to bemaintained substantially in a plane parallel with the plane of the upperedges of the frame.

3. In a display box of the class described, a box support presenting aframe havin a front panel, rectangular trapezoidal side panels extendinglaterally from the front panel, a rear panel extending from one of theside panels and having means for engaging the other side panel to form aframe, a bottom extending from the front to the rear panel positioned inthe frame, and supporting means extending from the edges of the bottomfor supporting the bottom within the frame in a sloping position.

4. In a display box of the class described, a box support presenting aframe comprising a rectangular front panel, rectangular trapezoidal sidepanels extending laterally from the front panel so that the wider basesof said side panels are remote from the front panel, a rear rectangularpanel extending from the larger base of one of the side panels, saidrear panel having means for engaging the other side panel near the widerbase when said panels are formed into a frame, the sloping sides of saidtrapezoidal panels being adapted to form the upper edges in said frame,a bottom extending from the front panel to the rear panel, rectangulartrapezoidal side panels connected to the bottom to fold along the bottomto present the sloping edges of said side panels as the supporting edgesfor said bottom, and a rear rectangular. panel associated with thebottom adapted to form an additional support for said bottom when thesame is positioned in the frame.

CHARLES E. HARRIS.

